​Fifth session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas

• Opening statement by Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner OHCHR
• Statement by Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Director, FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations in Geneva

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States

• Bolivia
  
• Ecuador
  
• Egypt
• India
• Indonesia
• Iraq
• Peru
• Portugal
• South Africa
• Switzerland
• Togo, on behalf of the African Group
• Uruguay

IGOs

• European Union
• FAO

NGOs

• CETIM
• FIAN
• IUF
• Via Campesina Africa
• Via Campesina Asia
• Via Campesina Europe
• Via Campesina Latin America
• World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP)

• Geneva Academy Research Brief on the rights to food sovereignty and to free, prior and informed consent

"UN declaration on the rights of peasants and other people in rural areas: Final stage of 17 years of a global process"
Organised by CETIM, FIAN, FIMARC and Via Campesina
Tuesday 10 April 2018, 13.15 to 15.00
Room XXII

“International Mother Earth Day”
Organised by the Permanent Mission of Bolivia
Friday 13 April, 12.00 to 15.00
Room IX